Major facilitator superfamily domain containing 8 also called MFSD8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MFSD8 gene.[5] MFSD8 is an atypical SLC,[6][7] thus a predicted SLC transporter. It clusters phylogenetically to the Atypical MFS Transporter family 2 (AMTF2).[7]

MFSD8
Identifiers
AliasesMFSD8, CLN7, CCMD, major facilitator superfamily domain containing 8
External IDsOMIM: 611124; MGI: 1919425; HomoloGene: 115814; GeneCards: MFSD8; OMA:MFSD8 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_028140

RefSeq (protein)

NP_082416

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 127.92 – 127.97 MbChr 3: 40.82 – 40.85 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
View/Edit HumanView/Edit Mouse

Function

edit

MFSD8 is a ubiquitous integral membrane protein which contains a transporter domain and a major facilitator superfamily (MFS) domain. Other members of the major facilitator superfamily transport small solutes through chemiosmotic ion gradients. The substrate transported by this protein is unknown. The protein, likely localizes to lysosomal membranes.[8]

Clinical significance

edit

Mutations in the MFSD8 gene have been of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.[9]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000164073Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000025759Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Siintola E, Topcu M, Aula N, Lohi H, Minassian BA, Paterson AD, Liu XQ, Wilson C, Lahtinen U, Anttonen AK, Lehesjoki AE (July 2007). "The novel neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis gene MFSD8 encodes a putative lysosomal transporter". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 81 (1): 136–46. doi:10.1086/518902. PMC 1950917. PMID 17564970.
  6. ^ Perland, Emelie; Fredriksson, Robert (March 2017). "Classification Systems of Secondary Active Transporters". Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 38 (3): 305–315. doi:10.1016/j.tips.2016.11.008. ISSN 1873-3735. PMID 27939446.
  7. ^ a b Perland, Emelie; Bagchi, Sonchita; Klaesson, Axel; Fredriksson, Robert (September 2017). "Characteristics of 29 novel atypical solute carriers of major facilitator superfamily type: evolutionary conservation, predicted structure and neuronal co-expression". Open Biology. 7 (9): 170142. doi:10.1098/rsob.170142. ISSN 2046-2441. PMC 5627054. PMID 28878041.
  8. ^ "Entrez Gene: MFSD8".
  9. ^ Stogmann E, El Tawil S, Wagenstaller J, et al. (February 2009). "A novel mutation in the MFSD8 gene in late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis". Neurogenetics. 10 (1): 73–7. doi:10.1007/s10048-008-0153-1. PMID 18850119. S2CID 22802019.
edit

Further reading

edit

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.